Kester Clarke

Joint Appointment from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Kester Clarke

Dr. Kester Clarke is a joint appointee in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Department and is associated with the Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys and the Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center.  His research interests include alloy development, material deformation and fabrication processes, and the use of experimental and modeling methods to examine the effect of material processing history and microstructure on mechanical properties and performance.

Education

  • BA, Psychology, Indiana University
  • BS, Materials Science & Engineering, Wayne State University
  • MS, PhD, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Research Areas

  • Hands-on improvement and analysis of metal thermal- and deformation-processing methods, and the use of experimental and modeling techniques to examine the effect of material processing history and microstructure on mechanical properties and performance.